Flight B
Tabucal Left With Crumbs
Ivan TabucalWith two players seeing a board of 8♥ 6♣ 2♦ and 54,000 in the middle Ivan Tabucal bet 27,000 from the small blind and Jeong Seonghun shoved for 136,000 from the button. Tabucal called with a covering stack to put Seonghun at risk.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
IT Ivan Tabucal ![Philippines [PHL]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/ph.svg "Philippines [PHL]"){kind=small} Philippines | J♣J♥ SB | 13,000(3 BB) |
SJ Seonghun Jeong ![Korea (Republic of) [KOR]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/kr.svg "Korea (Republic of) [KOR]"){kind=small} Korea (Republic of) | 6♠8♠ D | 326,000(82 BB) |
Tabucal’s pocket jacks had been cracked by Seonghun’s flopped two pair. Seonghun remained ahead on the T♥ 4♣ runout to double up while Tabucal was left severely short-stacked.
Top Stacks
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 338,000(113 BB) | |
ZY Zhifan Ye (2) ![China [CHN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/cn.svg "China [CHN]"){kind=small} China | 278,000(93 BB) |
RT Ricardo Torres (2) Philippines | 270,500(90 BB) |
| 270,000(90 BB) | |
IT Ivan Tabucal Philippines | 195,000(65 BB) |
AY Akihiro Yamada ![Japan [JPN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/jp.svg "Japan [JPN]"){kind=small} Japan | 195,000(65 BB) |
TN Tamon Nakamura Japan | 193,000(64 BB) |
JA Janno Alvarez Philippines | 175,000(58 BB) |
DK Dk Kim Kunwoo Korea (Republic of) | 174,500(58 BB) |
SJ Seonghun Jeong Korea (Republic of) | 171,000(57 BB) |
RJ Rick Jason Ambata Philippines | 169,000(56 BB) |
| 167,000(56 BB) | |
| 145,000(48 BB) | |
CH Claude Henoud ![Canada [CAN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/ca.svg "Canada [CAN]"){kind=small} Canada | 140,000(47 BB) |
GR Galvez Renniel Philippines | 137,000(46 BB) |
PJ Pee Jay Aratea Philippines | 124,000(41 BB) |
EA Edgar Asehan Philippines | 122,000(41 BB) |
YC Yufong Chen ![Taiwan [TWN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/tw.svg "Taiwan [TWN]"){kind=small} Taiwan | 117,000(39 BB) |
YK Yasuaki Kimura Japan | 110,000(37 BB) |
GB Ganbold Battulga ![Mongolia [MNG]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/mn.svg "Mongolia [MNG]"){kind=small} Mongolia | 109,000(36 BB) |
JJ John Jay Magadan Philippines | 100,000(33 BB) |
ED Edwin Dela Cruz Philippines | 72,000(24 BB) |
ED Emmanuel Derecho Philippines | 69,000(23 BB) |
LE Lenart Ecarma Philippines | 66,000(22 BB) |
KS Kei Shinagawa Japan | 63,000(21 BB) |
TS Taro Sakai Japan | 62,000(21 BB) |
ME Marco Espela Philippines | 60,000(20 BB) |
SA Shuichi Akiba Japan | 36,000(12 BB) |
IN Ichiyo Niwa Japan | 28,000(9 BB) |
Tabucal Sets a Trap and Pays For It
Ivan TabucalIvan Tabucal limped in from middle position, Seoha Lee shoved for 78,000 from the hijack and Tabucal called with a covering stack to put Lee at risk.
Seoha Lee: A♣ 4♦
Ivan Tabucal: K♠ K♥
Tabucal was a big favorite with pocket kings but the 8♠ 2♠ A♠ 2♦ 5♣ runout gave Lee two pair to win the pot to crack Tabucal’s kings and win the pot.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 162,000(65 BB) | |
IT Ivan Tabucal Philippines | 119,000(48 BB) |
Tabucal on Right Side of Massive Cooler
Ivan Tabucal| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
IT Ivan Tabucal Philippines | 195,000(98 BB) |
SJ Seonghun Jeong Korea (Republic of) | 128,000(64 BB) |
| 72,000(36 BB) | |
LS Lee Suya Korea (Republic of) | busted |
Suya Lee opened to 4,000 from the hijack, Jeong Seonghun raised to 11,000 from the cutoff, Ivan Tabucal called from the button, Seoha Lee called from the small blind and Lee shoved for 74,500. Seonghun called, Tabucal called and Seoha Lee folded.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
SB | 72,000(36 BB) | |
IT Ivan Tabucal Philippines | Q♥Q♠ D | 195,000(98 BB) |
LS Lee Suya Korea (Republic of) | T♠T♥ HJ | busted |
SJ Seonghun Jeong Korea (Republic of) | J♦J♠ CO | 128,000(64 BB) |
All three players had big pocket pairs but Tabucal was in the lead with pocket queens. He remained ahead on the runout to win a massive pot while sending Suya Lee to the rail and making a dent in Seonghun’s stack.
Santos Shows a Boat
Emmanuel SantosWith two players seeing a board of 7♥ 7♦ T♠ 5♥ and 17,700 in the middle Ivan Tabucal checked from the big blind and Emmanuel Manny Santos bet 5,000 from under the gun. Tabucal raised to 18,000, Santos shoved for 33,900 and Tabucal folded.
Santos showed that he had flopped a full house with T♦ T♣ before taking the pot.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
ES Emmanuel Santos ![United States of America [USA]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/us.svg "United States of America [USA]"){kind=small} United States of America | 69,600(87 BB) |
IT Ivan Tabucal Philippines | 31,300(39 BB) |